Hakamada Iwao retrial: Family members of the case reveal their feelings in pre-judgment memo NHK News

2024-09-24 22:06:35

Hakamada Iwao retrial: Family members of the case reveal their feelings in pre-judgment memo NHK News

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The Shizuoka District Court will make a verdict on the retrial of Iwao Hakamada on the 26th. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for murdering four family members in Shizuoka Prefecture 58 years ago. Prior to this, the man, the grandson of the couple who died in the incident, responded to NHK’s interview with a note for the first time, revealing his current state of mind and feelings for Mr. Hakamada.

Hakamada Iwao (88 years old) was sentenced to death for murdering four family members of the current managing director of a miso manufacturing company in Shimizu-ku, Shimizu-ku, 58 years ago in 1966. A retrial will be announced at the Shizuoka District Court on the 26th.

In the past cases where the death penalty was confirmed and then retried, Mr. Hakamada was acquitted, and the possibility of Mr. Hakamada being acquitted is very high.

Prior to this, a man who was the grandson of the managing director and his wife who was killed in the incident responded to NHK’s interview through notes for the first time.

Talking about his views on the verdict, the man said: “To be honest, there are some differences in the content of the prosecution and defense statements. To be honest, I don’t know which one is true, but I will treat it as the truth revealed in the verdict.

The man’s mother, the eldest daughter of the couple who died in the incident, was living safely at her grandparents’ house, but she died 10 years ago.

The man said: “I think this will have a great impact on many people, including the victim’s family. My mother passed away 10 years ago. She only knew that Mr. Hakamada was sentenced to death, but she did not know.” He died without knowing anything about himself,” he expressed his anguish.

“I think one of the reasons it’s taken over 40 years for retrials to start is that the rules for retrials haven’t been firmly established yet. I’d like to see improvements in accuracy to prevent this kind of thing from happening,” he added, indicating the retrial system. Ideas that need to be revisited.

Fearing the death penalty, Mr. Hakamada was imprisoned for a long time, and even today, ten years after his release, he still cannot communicate with others.

The man wrote: “If Mr. Hakamada is innocent, I think he will feel fear, pain and regret that no one else can understand. I firmly believe that this should not have happened.”

Retrial opinion statement: “Reveal the truth for the family and mother of the deceased”

A man, the grandson of the management couple who died in the incident, submitted written submissions to the retrial hearing held in May this year, and his statement was read out by the prosecutor.

In the story, the man revealed that his mother, the eldest daughter of a managing couple, was heartbroken every day because she lost four family members in the incident, and he cried in front of his Buddhist altar. , said sadly: “I feel lonely, I am alone.”

The mother, who had been living without information from outside sources such as television or the Internet, died of illness in 2014 before she was informed of the decision to begin Hakamada’s retrial.

In his opinion, the man said: “My mother is a victim who lost four family members at once. I want to strongly accuse her of having her happy life taken away.”

In a memo to NHK, the man explained why he expressed this opinion, saying: “I received guidance from the prosecutor’s office in advance and I wanted to do this for the sake of the family who died in the incident and me. family.

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